Improved railway-car coupling



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Car Coupling.

Patented Jan. 19, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 86,011, dated January 19, 1869.

IMPROVED RAILWAY-CAR COUPLING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HQHALIL, of Malone, in the county of Franklin, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Oar-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thersame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whieh-- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved car-coupling.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same through the line x a Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and efiective sclf-acting car-coupling.

It consists, in general terms, of a coupling-head or hunter, so called, formed with a vertical longitudinal slot extending through the upper part of the hunter, down to the cavity of the same, and in which is pivoted a coupling-link of peculiar construction, and which is a link continuous with and forming part of a coupling-pin, through which latter the pivot-bolt of the hunter passes. p

When the link is thrown back upon the hunter, the

pin is brought in place within the cavity of the hunter,

and is encountered by the coupling of the next car when moved up to be coupled, the link of the said car entering the mouth of the hunter, and pressing back the pin sufficiently to allow the forward end of the link to pass the pin, when the latter will slip inside the link and regain its former upright position.

The pin is actuated, to recover'its upright position, as described, by the weight of the link-part, which acts as the weighted arm of a right angled lever.

The invention will'be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which- I A is'the hunter;

B, its vertical slot; and

G D, the-combined pin and link, arranged in the slot B, and pivoted on the bolt E, extending from side to side of the bunter and through the slot.

I G is the cavity of the bunter, and

E5 is any common link, inserted therein, to illustrate the operation of the pin.

The pin D projects down from the slot into the cavity of the hunter, as shown, when its link-part O is thrown backward upon the hunter, for the link, in its general longitudinal dimensions, forms nearly-or quite a right angle with the pin-part D.

In practice, each end of each car is provided with a hunter, and its link and pin, and one of the links is thrown forward to serve as a coupling-link, in which case the link is brought down'to the position shown by the common link H, while the pin-part projects upward out of the way.

- The slot B extends back far enough to permit the upward passage of the pin when the link 0 is thrown forward.

This coupling may be used with a commonlink, H, or either of the links O of one of the couplings may be used as a coupling-link.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the slotted hunter Awith the combined link and pin 0 D, pivoted in the slot B of the buntenand arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. A coupling-device, consisting of a link, C, and pin D, arranged at right angles to each other, and provided with a hole for a pivot-bolt, or other known means, for pivoting the said device in a coupling-head or hunter,

-so as to operate substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. HALL.

Witnesses:

J. W. SAWYER, F. T. HEATH. 

